Bareilles’ management reached out to the Pabst Theater Group about booking the singer-songwriter at an intimate venue for a solo performance in May. Since the organization’s smallest venue, Turner Hall Ballroom, still accommodates over 900 people, Pabst officials reached out to Michael Reindl, executive director of the Milwaukee Rite Center, and Becky Maniaci, its marketing and events manager, about hosting the Bareilles’ concert there.

News of the concert came the same day Bareilles’ label Epic confirmed a third studio album would be released this summer. A new single, “Brave,” will be released on iTunes April 23rd.

Tickets for the Bareilles show are $35, and are available for purchase beginning at noon Friday at the Pabst Theater box office (144 E. Wells St.), the Riverside Theater box office (116 W. Wisconsin Ave.), by calling (414) 286-3663 and visiting pabsttheater.org.

It’s not the only concert that will occur at the Milwaukee Rite Center this spring.

Bombastic, costume-embracing, makeup-wearing opera singer Prince Poppycock, described by Sharon Osborne as “the male Lady Gaga” when he competed on “America’s Got Talent” in 2010 (he was a finalist that year), will perform at the Rite Center on April 20. Tickets are $35 to $75 and available at tix.com.

The center is located at 790 N. Van Buren St.

About Piet Levy

Piet Levy covers music for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel and TapMilwaukee.com. For more music updates, you can also follow him on Facebook and Instagram​.